Mikhail Gorbachev

From Turtledove

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (b 1931) was a Soviet politican. He was the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1985 until its collapse in 1991. His attempts at reform — perestroika and glasnost — as well as summit conferences with United States President Ronald Reagan, contributed to the end of the Cold War.

[edit] Mikhail Gorbachev in Worldwar

Mikhail Gorbachev was the protocol officer at the Soviet embassy to the United States in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1966. Vyacheslav Molotov made a point of learning Gorbachev's name and patronymic because he believed Gorbachev was able despite a tendency to put form ahead of substance.

[edit] Mikhail Gorbachev in A World of Difference

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-1986) served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, one of several leaders who held power briefly in the early 1980s without making much of a lasting impact. During that time, he introduced a number of reforms, including placing limitations on the KGB, and there were speculations that he might have had more far-reaching reforms in mind. However, he died of an apparent brain hemmorage after a mere nine months in office. Some suspected foul play. Since in the later 1980s the Soviet government again toughened its policies and these limitations on the KGB were removed, no one spoke too loudly of these suspicions

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Preceded by Konstantin Chernenko	General Secretary of the Soviet Union 1985-1991 (OTL); 1985-1986 (A World of Difference)	Succeeded by None (OTL); unknown (A World of Difference)